Oops, another hiatus in writing. Had been caught up in much work and was also away on a trip to Taiwan. As I should be re-starting to warm myself up by writing more posts.. I thought I would start with a simple, but important subject, installing ... [Read More...]
I had received some requests on how to actually go about making incense sticks, and there were comments on my earlier post that I had not show how the incense dough was made prior to extrusion, and how I managed to get such straight sticks and scale ... [Read More...]
oops! long overdue articles as usual. beeen reallly really busy studying and researching on tea pots and making incense sticks but i've not forgotten about writing. Sometimes, when people handle agarwood, they are seen pouring over the ... [Read More...]
Ever since a few years ago, Oud had become the buzz word in western perfumery, all the major western perfume houses now carry different "oud" products. I had friends that would ask me from time to time to check out this "oud spray" or that ... [Read More...]
Every yixing pot collector probably would have heard of the legend of seasoning yixing pots, that the longer you use it, one day, by just adding hot water to the pot, you can get tea! It is a myth and a huge misconception, partially due to poor ... [Read More...]
Recently I came upon a post from someone on a forum that he had a bad tea day despite having followed the exact same procedures in the preparation, from the water quality, to the boiling, to the pot, to the quantity of tea leaves in weight, same ... [Read More...]
Having had purchased and sampled and studied countless incenses from all sorts of origins over the years, it soon became a personal challenge to create incenses that are both artistically inspired, and olfactorily able to match up to commercially ... [Read More...]
Happy Lunar New Year to all readers! Wishing everyone good health, prosperity, wellbeing and lots of excellent olfactory joys in the Year of the Goat! ... [Read More...]
